Improvement in grafting-awls



atmi @fitte DANIEL BET'IS OLIVER, OF OAMBRIA, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 109,442, dated November 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAFTING-AWL'S.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o( the same.

To all whom tt may concern:

VBe it known that I, DANIEL BnT'rs OLIVER, of Cambria, in the couuty of Niagara and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Budding-Awls, of which the following is a specification.

Nature of the Invention..

My improvement is for thel purpose of making incisions in the bark of trees or limbs, so as to open a space between the bark and the truuk for the insertiou of the bud-stem without injuring or otherwise breaking the bark;

Ihe invent-ion consists in the peculiar format-ion of the tool employed, as hereinafter described.

General Description.

In the drawing- Figurel is a side elevation of the awl. p

Figure 2 is a sectional view of a portion of la treetrunk, with abud-stem inserted ou one side and my improved tool inserted on the other.

A is the handle; and

I3, the awl.

At a short distance above thelower end the awl is bent, as shown at a, the purpose ofwhich is to make 4the tool stand ata suitable angle to the tree or limb when iu the hands of the operator, as shown in iig,`

Ihc rear part of the bent portion is ground olif flat, as shown at b, while the front portion retains its half-round form, as shown at f. Ihis leaves the cud c pointed and ovaling upward, being t-he form most desirable for inserting in the bark.

The novelty in this instrument consists simply in the bend a, for .throwing the handle from the tree or limb, and the peculiar form of the lower end, which is flat ou one side and round ou tbe other, with an oval-shaped point.

. This form is specially adapted to the process known as budding or iuoculatiom which consists in starting the bark from the tree-or limb and iuserting the bud in place.

Heretofore uo proper instrument has been used for this purpose, and the insertion of au ill-shaped point beneath the'bark is liable to tear and break it, especially iu its tender state.

In my device the fiat part rests within the bark against the wood, while the round outer` side starts the bark from place, and, by its appropriate conformation to the circle of the bark presses it out gradually and without rupture. The oval point, also, by its gradual cut disturbs the bark in the smallest degree.

rIhe bend of the shaft of the awl allows it to be used iu difticult places, either vertically, horizontally, or angular-ly, without the least trouble.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, as a new article of manufacture, is-

The budding-awl herein described, having its end bent at au angle to the shank, and provided on one side with the flat surface b, and on the other with the round surface f, the whole operating in the mauner and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof,`I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL BETTS OLIVER.

VVitucsses:

EDWIN SHEPARD, E. W. BARNUM. 

